Saturday 12 January 2013

LINK: Zambia Bans Lion And Leopard Hunting, As Big Cats Disappear

Zambia Bans Lion And Leopard Hunting, As Big Cats Disappear
International Business Times
Sylvia Masebo, the country's tourism minister, said the rapid decline in the big cat population would hurt tourist revenues, and that there are simply not enough of the wild felines left to allow hunting them. "Tourists come to Zambia to see the lion ...

Zambia bans hunting of lions and other big cats
Wired.co.uk
Zambia has banned the hunting of lions and other endangered big cats as more money can be made from tourism than hunting. Zambia's minister for tourism Sylvia Masebo told Reuters that the estimated £1.8 million that the country had earned annually from ...

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